Ukraine News in brief. Wednesday 14 February. [Ukrainian sources]

WEDNESDAY HEADLINES:
Putin is preparing a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, but in Kiev, this threat is underestimated.  Kyiv will almost certainly not resume in 2018 control over the areas of the Donbas, which are now under control of Russia.  The Kremlin has a choice: the author of a crushing article about the UAF called the direction of a possible military invasion of Russia in Ukraine Putin "merges" DNR-LNR: the network pointed to important points with the introduction of peacekeepers in the Donbas.  Draft US federal budget for 2019: Ukraine can receive $ 200 million to enhance security and defense.  Russia handed over $ 1 billion to Yanukovych for rejection of association with the EU - ex-deputy of the State Duma.  Russia will hold more powerful cyber-attacks, using new opportunities against Ukraine, - USA. Sentsov made first call home from a Russian prison in Zaporozhye. Ukraine's accession to NATO to be considered based on country's defense reform progress. Yanukovych's son financed the formation of "DNR" and "LNR" - ex-deputy of the State Duma. Border guards detain Odesa Mayor Trukhanov in Boryspil airport. An-148 near Moscow was crashed because of the crew's mistakes. Tymoshenko manipulates statistical data during the interview: "Over the past 4 years, the national debt has increased 14.5 times.". We give up: Russians have started the Olympics with devastating defeat. The Russian Federation has placed a very powerful military potential in the occupied Crimean territory. Such a concentration of troops is not needed only for defense.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin can organize a large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

British Colonel Glen Grant, who previously worked as an advisor to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and author of a resonant article on problems in the Ukrainian Army, told the "Apostrophe".

He added that while the Russian army is not yet ready for the invasion.

"It was said in the Russian press that it would take them three more years to prepare for the west, get enough weapons and train. In other areas, they, for example, build new lines to the old warehouses to be able to pull out all their old armaments. Ukraine underestimates this activity, "Grant said.

The colonel assumes that the invasion may not occur, since Putin is very unpredictable.

"It is possible that they will not attack, that everything they will do will place their weapons around and threaten the country simply by saying" We can break you tomorrow. "This is a set of options that Russia has. has, among other things, missiles not yet available in Ukraine, more aircraft, pilots trained in Syria, and now also soldiers, so the Russians have a number of options to which they can resort. Moreover, Russia is absolutely unpredictable," he said.

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The Russian Federation will continue its military, political and economic campaign of destabilization against Ukraine.

According to Censor.NET , a report by US National Intelligence Director Dane Coates, "An Assessment of Global Threats by the US Intelligence Services," presented to him by the Senate Intelligence Committee, where the United States held a hearing on Tuesday on the global threats faced by the United States States

"Russia will continue its military, political and economic campaign of destabilization against Ukraine in order to crush and, where possible, expand Kyiv's efforts to integrate into the EU and strengthen its ties with NATO. Kyiv will continue to resist any actions that Moscow demands , but almost certainly will not restore in 2018 control over the areas of Eastern Ukraine that are now under the control of Russia, "US intelligence notes, adding that" Russia will use the level of violence to force Kyiv to form a favorable Moscow negotiating situation x ".

The report also says that the conflict in the Donbas will continue in its present form, the offensive of each of the parties is unlikely.

"The calculations of each side may change if it sees that the other side is seriously challenging the status quo," the report said.

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Russia can carry out a large-scale invasion of Ukraine both from Belarus and the sea through Odesa.

British Colonel Glen Grant, who previously worked as an advisor to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and author of a resonant article on problems in the Ukrainian Army, told the "Apostrophe".

"The most reasonable of what they will do is put as many troops on the Donbas, in other words, they will leave them there to attack the entire front, and they will do it, I'm sure, mostly separatists and mercenaries, but the main army is already being used for something I can not predict where and how they will do it, but if you look at the front, you are vulnerable to the north, across the border with Belarus, in the northeast, from the sea in the Odessa region. wants to do something, "he explained.

The grant assumes that the purpose of the invasion may be Kiev.

"You can recall the invasion of Czechoslovakia in Soviet times, and by and large it was only to the capital... Of course, if you lose Kyiv, it will be another game, is not it?" - he said.

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Russia is not opposed to a UN peacekeeping mission throughout the territory of the occupied Donbas and intends to abandon the conflict.

This was written by blogger El Myrid.

According to him, the process of coordinating the peacekeeping mission in the Donbas came at the stage of determining the technical details.

"There was a proposal from which, a day after the publication in the Russian press, nobody broke off and did not call hostile curses." The essence of the proposal: there should be 20 thousand peacekeepers, 4 thousand policemen, the mission will be headed by Sweden on the Donbass, from the option of 50 thousand troops refused because Russia may not agree, "said the blogger.

At the same time, he focuses on the number of peacekeepers, which may indicate their placement throughout the Donbas.

"The main thing here is probably the fact that the process goes on to discuss the technical details of the implementation, which brings us closer to the final date of the process that began in early May 2014 when Putin took the course of treason," summed up El Myrid.

As the "Apostrophe" reported, the US spokesman for Ukraine, Kurt Walker, believes that to date, the Russian Federation does not rule out the possibility of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission across the entire Donbass, including the Russian-Ukrainian border.

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The 2019 US federal budget project will provide Ukraine with $ 200 million to enhance security and defense.

It informs Tsenzor.NET about it on his official Facebook page informs the Embassy of Ukraine in USA.

"According to the officially published document, these funds are proposed to be directed to providing our state with military equipment and equipment, other equipment and military services, logistics, intelligence support of the Armed Forces and security forces of Ukraine," the statement reads.

It is noted that compared to the budget request for 2018, the proposed amount of assistance to Ukraine's security has been increased by $50 million.

Read also "Tsensor.NET": For four years the UAF received international assistance for $247 million, - deputy head of the Ministry of Defense Shevchuk

"In the draft budget for 2019 Ukraine is included in a small list of countries that will receive security assistance also under the program of the State Department" International Military Financing "(Foreign Military Financing, FMF).

In the future, the budget request must be studied and discussed at the US Congress, where changes and additions can be made (the experience of previous years suggests that Congress can increase the corresponding allocations). The final volumes of assistance to Ukraine will be known already after the completion of the entire process of passing the document, which is now at an early stage, "the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States said.  

As previously reported, John McCain, chair of the US Senate Committee on Armed Forces (Supreme Chamber of Commerce), believes that providing Ukraine with anti-tank missile systems Javelin will contribute to creating stable security conditions in the region.

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Former president Viktor Yanukovych and his followers received from Russia $1 billion for refusal to sign an agreement from an association with the European Union

This was stated in the court by former deputy of the State Duma of Russia Ilya Ponomariov, when he testified in a case concerning the state betrayal of former President Viktor Yanukovych, reports  Espresso .

"I do not just confirm, I claim, that it was the direct bribery (Yanukovych, ed.)", - he stressed.

According to Ponomariov, his acquaintances from the bodies of the Russian government, in particular from the environment of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, said that the task was to financially interest representatives of the "family" of Yanukovych.

Thus, Yanukovych's cousins, through his son Alexander, were transferred $1 billion from the Kremlin as a result of bonds transactions.

-Recall that in the Obolonsky district court of Kyiv hear the case about the state treason of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. On June 29, the Obolonsky District Court ruled on the launch of a special court proceeding against Yanukovych.

-The address of Yanukovych to Putin on the introduction of troops into the territory of Ukraine was demonstrated by the United Nations then-Predprednogo of Russia, Vitaly Churkin.

-The request of Yanukovych to Putin to use the army on the territory of Ukraine was used  to justify the military aggression to the world community.

-Subsequently, it became known that the so-called ex-premier of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov addressed the Putin with the request to enter the troops in Ukraine, in addition to former President Viktor Yanukovych.

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During the next year, Russian intelligence agencies and government agencies can strengthen subversive cybercrime against the US, Western countries, and directly against Ukraine.

Such a forecast was made in a report on Tuesday by Director of National Intelligence Den Coats, reports Censor.NET with reference to Ukrinform.

"We expect that Russia will carry out more powerful and more destructive cyber-attacks over the next year, apparently applying new opportunities against Ukraine," Coates said in a report presented Tuesday at a hearing of the US Senate intelligence committee.

At the same time, according to the National Intelligence Agency of the United States, the Russian government will expand the range of operations already carried out, "in particular, the violation of the operation of power distribution networks, hacking frauds with further disclosure of information, increased network attacks, and provocations under someone else's name."

In addition, the United States expects that Russian intelligence services will continue to test the strength of the vital infrastructure of the United States and allies, and will increase the misunderstandings between the United States, NATO and other partners.

Coats said during a hearing at the Senate Committee, Russia will continue to use elections and other democratic processes in the US and the West as an opportunity to undermine democracy.

"At the very least, we expect Russia to continue to use propaganda, social media, arsonists, sympathetic speakers and other means of influence to try to exacerbate social and political barriers in the United States," said the director of the National Intelligence Agency.

As previously reported, the House of Representatives of the US Congress supported by 404 votes the draft law on cooperation with Ukraine on cybersecurity. This document is aimed at promoting active cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the field of cybersecurity in the face of Russian hybrid aggression; provides assistance to Ukraine in improving the strategy of cybersecurity, in particular, strengthening the protection of computer networks of state authorities, reducing Ukraine's dependence on Russian information and communication technologies, and promoting Ukraine's participation in information exchange programs.

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Prisoner in Russia, Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, for the first time, called from the prison of the Labitnangi city of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Tyumen region

This was reported by Facebook sister Sentsova Natalia Kaplan.

"For the first time from Labitnangi, Oleg called, saying that transfer and money to the account are not needed yet. "Still, he refuses to meet." He said: "I am waiting for the other. "Honestly he replied that while the stupor is full," Kaplan wrote.

According to the director's sister, he hopes that he will return to Ukraine in the framework of the exchange of prisoners.

"I am trying to explain to him again that the political prisoners are separated from the prisoners and this process is not relevant to him." It seems that he still does not understand it. A very heavy call came out, although the connection lasted only three minutes,"- Kaplan wrote.

The city of Labitnangi is located on the northern polar circle on the left bank of the river Ob for 2663 thousand kilometers from Kyiv and 3075 kilometers from Simferopol.

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Ukraine's NATO membership will be considered after the country implements the defense reform.

As reported by Censor.NET citing Interfax-Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday.

"And the focus now is on reforms. And I welcome that Ukraine has so clearly stated that their focus now is on reform, and then based on the progress they're making on reform, then of course the issue of membership will be assessed based on the progress Ukraine is making," he said.

Stoltenberg says there is "a very strong partnership" between Ukraine and NATO.

"And NATO provides strong political support, strong practical support to Ukraine. And NATO Allies also provide support on a bilateral basis. And we encourage and we welcome all that. So we'll continue to strengthen our partnership, we'll continue to work with Ukraine," NATO chief said.

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The "family" of Yanukovych, who received $1 billion in rejection of the association with the EU, for non-compliance with the pro-Russian course forced to send this money to finance the "DPR" and "LNR"

This was stated by the former deputy of the State Duma Ilya Ponomaryov after interrogation in the Obolonsky district court of Kiev, reports Ukrinform .

"According to the information that I have, the first stage of what was happening there, with the formation of" LNR "and" DPR "was funded specifically by Alexander (Yanukovych, ed.) Why? Because in this world in a language that is understandable to your former to the president, he was made "to bring" that "we have shipped you money, and you did not fulfill your obligations, so let's do something useful", - told Ponomariov.

According to him, the commitments were simple: Yanukovych remains a president, the country does not go to the EU, does not go to NATO, remains in the Russian sphere of influence.

"As a result, he (Yanukovych, ed.) Lost power, and the country sharply" swung "to the west, that is, it was not better, but worse. And they said that this was precisely the result of the actions of the president, which he himself shook with his own hands. situation", - said Ponomariov.

Recall Ponomariov said during a questioning in court that Yanukovych and his cousins received from Russia $1 billion for refusing to sign an agreement from the association with the European Union.

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Mayor of Odesa Hennadii Trukhanov arrived at Boryspil airport from Warsaw this morning.

A journalist for Skhemy project Natalie Sedletska wrote on social media, Censor.NET reports.

"Hennadii Trukhanov arrived in Kyiv from Warsaw this morning on a scheduled flight to Boryspil, my sources at the airport said," she said.

According to her, the mayor was immediately detained by the border guards and handed over to the members of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

Ukrainian MP Mustafa Nayyem also reported Trukhanov’s detention.

"Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov was detained at Boryspil airport. Hennadii Leonidovych hasn’t showed up at his workplace for forty days - since Dec. 26. By the way, last time I saw him in Davos, where he came to meet with investors. To their credit, the organizers of Ukraine House Davos did not let him into their office," he wrote on social media.

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Passenger aircraft An-148 in Moscow region was crashed due to mistakes of the crew during flight preparation and in a freelance situation.

This is on his page in Facebook, said pilot Sergei Nikiforov, reports Tsensor.NET.

"They did not even drop in the corkscrew, they lost their spatial orientation and drove the plane down to their own country." CFIT (Controlled flight into terrain), when a perfectly well-worn airplane is being driven into the ground, signaled the problems with speed readings, but the crew was not oriented or confused... A terrible mistake that cost the lives of 71 people," - wrote Nikiforov.

To this conclusion, he came by examining the report of the IAC Commission on the results of the decoding of "black boxes" from the crash aircraft.

A preliminary analysis of parametric information showed that during the entire flight that ended in an accident, the heating of all three receivers of full pressure (ANT) on the AN-148 was in the off state.

"The special situation began to develop in about 2 minutes 30 seconds after the separation at an altitude of about 1300 meters and the instrument speed of 465-470 km / h, when there were differences in the speed reading from the MVP1 (module of air parameters) (PPT1) left The pilot does not record the velocity value from the MVP2 (PPT2) of the right pilot. Significant differences in the height indication (from the same sources: MVP1 and MVP3) were absent. After ~ 25 seconds, the discrepancies reached ~ 30 km / h (speed from MVP1 was more) and there was a one-time team (point omlennya crew): Vpryborna - compare. Join a single team at this stage lasted about 10 seconds, then stopped.

After about 50 seconds, at an altitude of about 2000 meters, this one-time team was registered again, with this time the speed from the MVP3 was larger and continued to increase, while the speed from the MVP1 continued to decrease.

After the second appearance of the specified one-time command (message), the crew shut off the autopilot. All further flight was in manual mode.

The speed reading from the MVP1 continued to fall and after 34 seconds after the autopilot off, they began to equal 0. In this case, the speed reading from the MVP3 was 540-560 km / h. Within about 50 seconds after the autopilot was disconnected, the flight took place at an altitude of 1700-1900 m with changes in the vertical overload within 1.5 to 0.5 g.

After that, with the preservation of speed values ​​from the MVP1 0 km / h, the speed values ​​from the MVP3 (up to 200 km / h and below) began to fall intensively. Subsequently, the aircraft was transferred to an intensive reduction with pitch angles for dive 30-35 degrees and vertical overload to 0 g.

The collision with the earth occurred about 11:27:05. Before the earthquake, the speed reading from the MVP3 began to increase intensively and, at the time of the collision, was about 800 km / h. The speed reading from the MVP1 continued to be equal to 0. At the time of the collision with the ground, the pitch angle of the dive was about 30 degrees, in 4-5 seconds before the crash in the plane began to develop right bank, which reached 25 degrees", - said in the report of the commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee.

The preliminary analysis of the information received, as well as the analysis of similar cases that have taken place in the past, suggest that the factors of the development of a special situation in the flight could have been incorrect data on the speed of flight on the pilot's indicators, which, in turn, It is said with an icing of the PPD for the off-state of their heating systems, stated in the IAC.

The analysis of the causes of the crash continues.

We remind that the aircraft of the "Saratov Airlines" An-148 crashed on February 11 in the Ramenskoye area of ​​Moscow Region after leaving Domodedovo to Orsk. There were 71 people on board. They all died.

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Batkivshchyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko resorted to statistical manipulation during an interview with one of the Ukrainian TV channels.

According to Tsensor.NET, a video recording on which Tymoshenko voices the wrong figures is published online.

The politician reported a substantial increase in the national debt and said that it had occurred for four years. At the same time, Tymoshenko held a printed chart in her hands, in which such an increase took place for 10 years in the period from 2008 to 2018.



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Russia concentrated on the occupied Crimean territory a very powerful military potential.

It informs Tsenzor.NET with reference to the League, it was declared NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov Hromadske in an interview, answering the question whether there is a risk that Russia could attack from the Crimea to Ukraine.

"They are concentrated in the occupied territory of Crimea is a very powerful military capability, such concentration of forces only for the defense is required. In the Crimean placed particular offensive powerful, strategic aircraft, missiles that can carry and use nuclear weapons. This is a serious danger", - said Turchynov.

He believes that Ukraine should be ready to repulse the occupier in all directions.

"We analyze the situation and see a danger not only to the north and east but also south - it is also a fact. Therefore, we must be able and willing to fight back in all directions, from south to north," - said Turchinov.

On January 24, 2018, military anti-diversion training of Russian invaders and artillery units of the Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet took place at the Angarsk range in Crimea.

Russia occupied the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially announced on February 20, 2014, the beginning of the temporary occupation of the Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia. Key international organizations, including the General Assembly of the United Nations, condemned the actions of Russia and called the annexation and occupation of Crimea illegal. Against the Russian Federation, economic sanctions were imposed. For holding Moscow so-called elections with the participation of Crimea in 2016, parliament of Ukraine recognized the State Duma of Russia illegitimate.

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Men's and women's curling tournaments started in Phoenchan at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

According to the "Apostrophe", in the first round, the Russian team serving in the women's tournament, suffered a devastating defeat from the UK with a score of 3:10. Moreover, the Russians recognized the defeat after seven days.

The game started with a good ending performed by the British who earned three points. Then one point was taken by Russians, but in the next two gigs three more stones were lost.

In the fifth end, the Russians managed to reduce the difference in the score to three points, but in the seventh end, the Britons won with a score of 4: 0. After that, the Russians, not believing in their strength, recognized the victory of the rivals for three decades until the end of the match.

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